September 2017 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

Need Delaware
by Carlos Cardon 06 Sep '17

06 Sep '17

After about a year and a half on the LEOs, I'm close to Satellite WAS, but still need Delaware. Wondering if anyone on the list knows of a satellite-active ham in that state? Thanks and 73, Carlos W7QL

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AO-85 NA SSTV
by Michael A. Foster 06 Sep '17

06 Sep '17

Hello All, What is the preferred decode mode in North America for SSTV on AO-85? Tnx, Michael – N8iup

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Meadows Elementary School, Manhattan Beach, CA
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 06 Sep '17

06 Sep '17

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Meadows Elementary School, Manhattan Beach, CA on 08 Sept. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 17:05 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and KM6BWB. The contact should be audible over portions of the state of California and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Meadows Elementary is one of 7 schools (5 elementary) in the Manhattan Beach Unified School District. Meadows is a Kindergarten-5th grade school with about 450 students. While not incredibly diverse, with 62% white, 12% Asian, and 12% Hispanic students, 15% of its students are on an Individualized Education Plan or IEP, to deal with learning difficulties. The campus has a Math Olympiad after-school program that consistently places in the top 5 in LA County, a hands-on science program for all students K-5 during the school day, and a library for every student to access every week with their classroom. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. How do you get picked to be an astronaut? 2. What kind of experiments do you do in space? 3. How do you eat without your food flying away? 4. Is it colorful in space? 5. How long did it take to get to the ISS? 6. What is something that you do in space that is different than on Earth? 7. How do you take a shower in space? 8. Has the ISS ever been hit by a meteorite? 9. How long does your oxygen tank last when you are on a spacewalk? 10. How many rooms does the ISS have? 11. Does anyone ever get sick with a cold or the flu on the ISS? 12. What do you sleep in at night? Do you have space pajamas? 13. Who inspired you to be an astronaut? 14. What is the one of the most interesting things you have seen when you are in space? 15. What do you do to relax when you are in space? 16. What is the most interesting job you have done on the ISS? 17. What does a sunrise or sunset on Earth look like from space? 18. What is something that you miss about Earth? 19. Can you see stars from the ISS? 20. What does space sound like? Can you hear anything? 21. What should a student study in school to be an astronaut? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): TBD About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Special Event Stations Commemorate ESOC 50th Anniversary
by JoAnne K9JKM 06 Sep '17

06 Sep '17

Here is a bit of amateur radio news that is more timely transmitted now rather than waiting for the weekend news cycle. ----- Special Event Stations Commemorate ESOC 50th Anniversary The European Space Agency – Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt will celebrate it's 50th Anniversary. The ESOC radio club DL0ESA will be active between September 8 - 10. Additionally some members will operate from their home QTH using their own calls to spread the word of the special event station. These will also count toward the ESA Radio Award: https://sites.google.com/site/esahamradio/ Next, between September 18 to October 5, Age-Riise Raymond, LA5PMA and Javier Roldan, EA1HEO, will activate EG1ESA, a special event station operating from the Cebreros Ground Station in Spain. This item was originally posted on the DX Coffee web site: http://www.dxcoffee.com/eng/2017/dl0esa-operations-centre-esoc-will-become-… [ANS thanks DX Coffee for the above information] -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org

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This may take a while.
by Norm n3ykf 06 Sep '17

06 Sep '17

Last operating trip to OA land, I had the pleasure of assisting the Radio Club Peruano in rehabbing their satellite station. The only bittersweet pill taking these strange trips is that the chances of working someone there, myself, from home, is almost nil. Leaving a working station was my way of hoping someone would use it. OA4/XQ3SA has been active from the club station in FH17. It still works, four years after rehab. Under rehab: https://www.flickr.com/photos/n3ykf/8251934224/in/photostream/ Blasting off on the next trip with some new (well tested) gear in a few days: https://www.flickr.com/photos/n3ykf/37028859145/in/dateposted/ World class snorkeling and ham radio. What a vacation. Cheaper than disney by half. Certainly less dangerous. Time to introduce the little monsters to Nemo. Norm n3ykf

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Satreporter attack
by vk4tec＠tech-software.net 06 Sep '17

06 Sep '17

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slightly OT SO-50 rove on Tuesday September 5th
by Ted 05 Sep '17

05 Sep '17

A bit OT, but a question comes to mind: Oregon is currently under a Huge Smoke Cloud from forest fires.(pretty much the entire State). Here is So Oregon, visibility is 1/2 mile and ceiling at the airport is 2200. Ash particulate is falling and visible to the eye. Do these conditions impact satellite contacts, LEO or otherwise? 73, Ted K7TRK -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ruth Willet Sent: Monday, September 4, 2017 4:54 PM To: John KI4RO Cc: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] EM82 SO-50 rove on Tuesday September 5th Yes. Tuesday evening eastern time at 8:12 which is 00:12 Wednesday UTC time. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 4, 2017, at 6:53 PM, John KI4RO <johnki4ro(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > I think you meant Wednesday, didn't you? I don't see a 0012z pass on > Tuesday, but I see one on Wednesday. > > 73 > John KI4RO > > > > > <https://mailtrack.io/> Sent with Mailtrack > <https://mailtrack.io/install?source=signature&lang=en&referral=johnki > 4ro(a)gmail.com&idSignature=22> > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-09-05 18:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 05 Sep '17

05 Sep '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-09-05 18:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Meadows Elementary School, Manhattan Beach, CA, direct via KM6BWB The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA Contact is a go for: Fri 2017-09-08 17:05:30 UTC 67 deg Beenleigh State High School, Beenleigh, Queensland, Australia, telebridge via K6DUE (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA Contact is a go for: Mon 2017-09-11 12:58:34 UTC 77 deg (***) Boston Red Sox Outreach to School Groups, Boston, MA, telebridge via W6SRJ (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-09-14 15:03:58 UTC 56 deg (***) **************************************************************************** ** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz. **************************************************************************** *** All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. **************************************************************************** *** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 124 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Francesco IKØWGF with 119 Sergey RV3DR with 100 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2017-09-05 17:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1156. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1115. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, South Dakota, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2017-09-04 20:00 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 52 on orbit Randy Bresnik Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA Sergey Ryazanskiy **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Message sent to Voyager 1 - 40th anniversary
by Rick Walter 05 Sep '17

05 Sep '17

Captain Kirk, William Shatner, gave the command to send the 40th anniversary message to Voyager 1 from NASA's control center. The message was submitted by Oliver Jenkins and chosen by a committee. The message consisted of 448 bits of info, transmitted by the 70 meter dish in Madrid Spain. It took 28 seconds to sent at a rate of 16 bits/second. It will travel 12.9 billion miles to reach Voyager's position in interstellar space. It will take 19.25 hours, traveling at the speed of light to reach Voyager 1. The message is: "We offer friendship across the stars. You are not alone". The message was transmitted at 17:20:01 UTC, 1:20:01 PM EDT. Rick, WB3CSY FN10 Sent from Rick's iPhone 6S "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds" - Albert Einstein "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" - Arthur C. Clarke "Klaatu Barada Nikto" - The Day the Earth Stood Still

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North Carolina hams with Yaesu G-5500 or cross polarized VHF yagis to borrow ?
by John Brier 05 Sep '17

05 Sep '17

Hi, I have a need to borrow equipment like this in the first half of 2018. If you are a North Carolina sat op that has a Yaesu G-5500 or cross polarized yagis I could use, please contact me off list. Also, If you know people who have this equipment and might be able to help let me know too. 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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